Dan Shak completed from the small blind with , Fabian Quoss checked his option in the big blind with , and the flop came . Both players checked.
The turn was the , giving Quoss the lead with a pair of jacks, and Shak reached for chips. He cooly tossed out a single Moon Dust T100,000 chip, and Quoss flipped in one chip to call.
The completed the board, Shak flicked forward another 250,000, and Quoss tilted his head in confusion. The German took a sip of water, let out a long sigh, reached for chips, and called.
Quoss raked in the pot, and now has over three million chips.
Fabian Quoss raised to 200,000 from the button while holding the . Vanessa Selbst peered down at the from the small blind and cut out a three-bet to 475,000. Dan Shak folded his big blind and action folded back to Quoss.
Quoss announced an all in bet and Selbst quickly let go of her cards. Quoss dragged in the pot and has now chipped up to 2.755 million.
Dan Shak raised to 250,000 on the button with , Fabian Quoss moved all in for 1.78 million in the small blind with , and Vanessa Selbst quickly folded.
Shak announced that he didn’t feel like doubling Quoss up with deuces, and folded.
“It would’ve been a race,” Quoss told him.
“I figured,” Shak said, smiling. “I’m not very good at those.”
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Fabian Quoss raised to 160,000 from the button with and Dan Shak called from the big blind holding . The flop came down and Shak checked. Quoss continued out for 200,000.
Shak double-checked his hole cards and then tossed out a raise to 600,000. Quoss called the raise and the fell on the turn.
Shak announced an all in bet, putting Quoss at risk for his last 1.9 million in chips. Quoss quickly let his hand go and Shak took down the pot.
Dan Shak completed from the small blind with , Fabian Quoss checked his option with , and the flop fell . Shak checked, Quoss tossed out a “Moon Dust” T100,000 chip, and Shak check-raised to 500,000. Quoss folded.
Quoss completed from the small blind the next hand, this time holding , and Vanessa Selbst checked with . Quoss led out for 100,000 on a flop of , and Selbst put in a raise, making it 320,000 to go.
Quoss considered the bet for around 90 seconds or so, then called.
The turn was a third heart - the - leaving Selbst drawing dead, and Quoss quickly checked. Selbst fired out 380,000, and Quoss tank-called.
The completed the board, giving Selbst a meaningless pair of deuces, and Quoss checked once more. Selbst looked over at Quoss' remaining chips, but finally checked behind, giving up on the hand.
Fabian Quoss raised his button to 160,000 with and Dan Shak three-bet the action to 475,000 from the big blind while holding . Quoss called and the two took a flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt. Shak pushed out a continuation bet of 600,000 and Quoss tossed his hand away.